In amongst the pantheon of Hollywood dance movies, I had some high hopes for Footloose but it’s reputation seems due to cultural impact of the soundtrack more than the quality of the film.
The small town claustrophobia of the film encapsulates a feeling of the 80’s culture wars, but there is a complete lack of good dancing in this film. Just a bunch of white people jerking around. I get that bad dancing is better than no dancing, but still, these…
In my newish quest to see more musicals, I started with this Judy Garland and Gene Kelley romp. It is a breezy film and has some iconic movie moments like “Get Happy” and Gene Kelley dancing with a newspaper but it falls a little short of being one of the greats.
The plot is similar to White Christmas: a struggling rural homestead has a theater troupe pass through and save the day with some razzledazzle moves to brighten up the wretched peasant’s life and fortunes.
